Homeroom Buzz - Spring is here!
What's Happening in Room 220? May 1st Edition
What is all the BUZZ about?
Beginning Tuesday, May 12th I will be sending home a Science review log. This log will go from May 12th-May 18th. Each night during the week students will need to study the Science review guides as well as their interactive notebook for a minimum of 15 minutes per night, record which information they reviewed, and have an adult sign it. We will be reviewing in class, but this will help students to review material covered in 4th grade, as well as the beginning of 5th grade in order to prepare for their end of year Science SOL test. This study log will also count as part of their 4th quarter Science grade.
Thank you so much for supporting this review at home!
Science & Social Studies
Last Friday we finished up our last Social Studies unit. The students enjoyed learning about the branches of the Virginia state government, products & industries of the five regions, and current Indian tribes recognized by the state of Virginia. The students also enjoyed creating Animoto infomercials that highlighted their region of Virginia. Be sure to ask them all about it!
To help prepare for the upcoming Social Studies and Science SOL tests students should visit: www.solpass.org. Once on this site to log in choose Brownsville Elementary from the school drop down menu and the password is: bessol
Once logged in students should choose Elementary School and complete the review activities in the Virginia Studies and/or Science grades 4-5. Hopefully the students will enjoy the fun interactive games! If you have any problems logging in please feel free to let me know.
Since we have covered all of the 5th grade Science and Social Studies units we will begin using our content time to work on end of year projects, review 4th grade Social Studies and 4th grade Science. During the Social Studies and Science rotations students will spend one content block with each of the 5th grade teachers to review various topics. Here is a schedule of what our content block (12:00-1:00) will be used for over the next few weeks:
April 27th-May 1st: End of Year "Momma, Where Are You From?" poems
May 4th-May11th: Social Studies Review Rotations
May 12th-May 18th: Science Review Rotations
Reading
Don't let these dates BUZZ by you!
May 1st- 5th grade festivities donations due
May 8th - Expedited Re-Take Letters due back to teachers
May 12th-5th Grade Social Studies SOL Test and PTO Meeting
May 19th-5th Grade Science SOL Test and Healthy Snack Day
May 21st-5th Grade Reading SOL Test
May 25th-Memorial Day/School Holiday
May 27th-5th Grade Math SOL Test Part I
May 28th-5th Grade Math SOL Test Part II
June 2nd-Lake Monacan Trip
June 3rd-Lake Monacan Trip rain date
June 5th-Field Day
June 8th-5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony
June 9th-Last Day of School